Foster 100 riders honor vets
SAXONBURG — A group of cyclists pedaling the steep hills of Western Pennsylvania Saturday said the Army captain they were honoring with their sweat would have approved of the grueling ride.
The 13 cyclists were participating in the first Foster 100: Oil to Iron bicycle ride to honor Capt. Erick Foster, a 29-year-old Army troop commander and paratrooper from Oil City in Venango County, who was killed in action in 2007 while serving in Iraq.
The cyclists raised more than $10,000 to obtain, train and provide service dogs at no cost to veterans across the mid-Atlantic region who are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
The 100-mile ride started in Foster's native Oil City and finished at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall in Pittsburgh, where Foster joined the Army.
Read more in Monday's Butler Eagle.
